ADATI
s. A kind of piece-goods exported from Bengal. We do not know the proper form or etymology. It may have been of half-width (from H. ādhā , 'half'). [It may have been half the ordinary length, as the Salampore ( Salempoory ) was half the length of the cloth known in Madras as Punjum . ( Madras Man. of Ad. iii. 799). Also see Yule's note in Hedges' Diary , ii. ccxl.]
Historical Citations (2)
"Casseri (probably Kasiári in Midnapur Dist.) supplies many Taffatshelas (Alleja, Shalee), Ginggangs, Allegias, and Adathays, which are mostly made there."—Valentijn, v. 159.
Among piece-goods of Bengal: "Addaties, Pieces 700" (i.e. pieces to the ton).—Milburn, ii. 221.
From Hobson-Jobson by Yule & Burnell, 1886.